The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-07-01
ENGLAND'S GALA DAY.
CELEBRATING, THE FlFTlETH ANNI-
vERSARY OF vIcTORIAS REIGN.

The People of England wild with JOY
Enormous Crowds Witness the Procession
to Westminster Abbey-A Pageant of
Surprising Splendor--The Services Mt the.
MISUNDERSTANDING In Chicago.
LONDON, June 2i.--Jubilee day dawned
bright and clear The sun shone brightly and
a cool breeze tempered its rays. The city pre-
sented sight such as never met the eye of
any man In the present generation of Lon
doners. The crowds were unparalleled. All
night long hundreds OF thousands of people,
who by reason of the crowdmg to suffocation
of the hotels and lodging houses had nowhere
to lay their heads, tramped in endless pro-
ccssion through the streets. Others, armed
with camp stools and lunch baskets, betook
themselves to out-of- the-way places and pre-,
pared to make tho best OF it until morning
dawned.
Hours before the starting of the state pro-
cession reefs, windows balconies, and stag
ings hire,l for the occasion were black with.
their tenants. who took up their positions
early, fearing they would otherwise be un.
able to reach them. These fears were well
founded, MS the subsequent failure of many
to reach advantageous places they had pur-
chased the use of n week ago at enormous
prices showed. Hundreds of mounted officers
and soldiers galloped hither and thither
through the streets issuing orders. As the
time approached for the pageant to move,
the eagcrness of the multitude to witness the
show, and especially to behold the queen and
visiting royalties, became SO strong that for
the moment fears of dynamite and danger
were forgotten.
The first part Of the royal procession started
shortly after 10 o'clock and was composed Of
the Indian princes and minor German princes
They were enthusiastically cheered as they
emerged from the palace gates and the pland-
its were taken up and carried along the
crowds that lined the route until the royal
party had disappeared within the spacious
recesses Of the abbey. At 10:45 the second
royal professions started. In this procession
/ were the kings of Denmark, Belgium, Saxony
and Hellenes, the crown princes of Austria
and Portugal the queen of the Belgians, the
crown princess of Austria, the grand duke of
Mecklenburg and other royalties. The queens
cortege came last The people outdid their
previous efforts at the sight of her majesty.
They almost went frantic and cheered her
until the din was deafeDing. Again and again
did they cheer. Above the enthusiastic out"
bursts fervent shouts of "(iod save the queen"
could he heard. She received one contin-
uous ovation, from the palace gates until she
disappeared within the abbey
| The queen appeared in an open carriage
drawn by eight cream-colored ponies. Her
son, son-in-law and grandsous riding in full
uniform surrounded the regal equipage rs a
bodyguard. The queen did not wear her state
robes but wore the order and ribbon of the
garter. The carriage was large chocolate
| colored one, with red wheels, and the royal
arms in gold emblazoned upon the panels
| Red morocco harness was used for the horses
| The latter were also decorated with royal
| blue ribbons All the servants wore state
| liveries of scarlet and gold. The queen wore
plain black ana seemed greatly pleased at the
| demonstrations of loyalty. Her face wore an
almost continuous smile and she bowed inces-
sanity. The princess OF Wales, who sat he
side the queen, was also enthusiastically
| cheered. Other carriages containing members
of the royal family were of n gorgeous char
acter. Each had four horses of a bay color
attached and all of the vehicles vera open.
| On the procession nearing the abbey the
| troops saluted, guns fired, the bells of the
| churches rang ont merry peals, and flags
| were run up, the cheering being continued
| until the queen had passe, into the west door.
| After passing through the veStihule her ma
| jesty was conducted to the grand dias under
| tho Lantern tower. inside the scene was
| brilliant. The gorgeous uniforms of the
| different officers and the beautiful toilets of
the ladies, with the suns rays streaming
| through the painted windows made picture
of unsurpassing beauty. The lords and ladies
had arrived early Many of them confessed
| that they hal not brcakfasted and exchanged
sandwiches. Flasss filled with sherry were
constantly being passed around and up TO
| the time of the appearance of the
| first of the royalty there was
| continuous hum. On the entrance
| of the queen the scene was absolutely daz-
| cling The ladies describing their wraps.
| displayed their Jewels, which flashed and re.
| flashed as they reflected Tire rays OF the sun
| leans that found their way through the
TRANSCRIPTS When the queen reached tho dais
| she looked very pale aul somewhat fntigued,
| but she soon recovered and wore bright and
| composed countcnance throughout the scrv
| ice She was surrounded 10y tlrtytwo
members OF the royal fam w. Ia the abbey
three tiers of galleries with seats were erected,
seating about 10000 persoas. The peers
| and their wives were seated in the south
iiansept; the ambassadors and diplomatic
corps being seated right and left
1T the peers Members OF the
house of commons were seated
in the north trnnsept, while the seats for
members of the reig,ring families of Europe
were withinst the communion rails. All the
| great learned societies and corporations We're
| represented. whilst the notablcs of the law.
science, art and agriculture. and working
mems representatives from all parts of the
United Kingdom, had seats duly nlloted to
| them.
| When the services, which were conducted
according TO programme, were completed,
the queens sons knelt AMI kissel her hand.
Then on their arising she kissed their cheeks
in return. The priDcesses were next to go
through the osculatory exercise The queen
kissed some OF the latter twice, especially
was this notable in the cases of the princess
of Wales and Princess Beatrice. This was
followed by a general handshaking among
the royalty and nobility. The 'queen
bestowed two smacks upon the lips OF the
crown prince, Frederick William, The
princesses all wore light dresses. One of the
features Of the service was the performance
of the choir and organ, which was very fine,
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